Back سجن بيتالك Arabic سجن بيتالك ARZ Věznice Butyrka Czech Butyrka German Butirka Esperanto Prisión de Butyrka Spanish Butõrka Estonian Butyrkan vankila Finnish Prison de la Boutyrka French בוטירקה HE
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 The prison in 2010 | |
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| Location | Sokolniki District, Moscow, Russia |
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| Coordinates | 55°47′04″N 37°35′38″E / 55.78444°N 37.59389°E |
| Opened | 1771 |
| Managed by | Federal Penitentiary Service |
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Butyrskaya prison (Russian: Бутырская тюрьма, romanized: Butýrskaya tyurmá), usually known simply as Butyrka (Russian: Бутырка, IPA: [bʊˈtɨrkə]), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison.
During the Soviet Union era (1917–1991) it held many political prisoners. As of 2022[update] Butyrka remains the largest of Moscow's remand prisons. Overcrowding is an ongoing problem.